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I.Y D. PECK.

liririg Receptacle.

NQ. 227,919. Pafentedmay 25, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAO D. PEOK, OF BEDFORD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF OIF HIS RIGHT TO EDWIN HOUOK, OF SAME PLAGE.

MEASURING-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,919, dated May 25, 1880.

v Application filed February 24, 1880.

To all ywhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC D. PECK, of

Bedford, in the county of Taylor and State.

Iaccompanying'drawings, making part of this y specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, Fig. 3, a verticai cross-section of the same.

My invention relates to receptacles or niagazines to hold articles designed to be withdrawn in given quantities from time to time. I particularly contemplate its use as a magazine to contain gunpowder, and by measuring it directly from the magazine I avoid having to expose'it in weighing' it. Of course it may be used to con tain a variety of articles without departing from the spirit of my invention.

My invention consists in a receptaclel divided into a number of compartments, each compartment being provided with a drawing! oft' pipe made of a given capacity, so as to form also a measuring device. This drawing' ott" deviceis closed at its outer end and inner end by cut-off valves, both standing closed in their normal condition, and operated as hereinafter more fully `described and claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is a receptacle, divided at its center by a partit-ion, B, the bottom of each compartment gradually contracta, at the lower edge of the front of the casing.

Projecting from the front ofthe casing, and covering openings ce a, are two pipes, I? P, of any predetermined holding capacity, and covstops d d limit the motion of the valves, so

Y they cannot pass out ot contact with the ends of the pipes.

Inside the compartments the openings to the pipes are closed by cut-off valves E E, pivoted to the casing, and having thumb-pieces riattached and projecting through curved slots in the casing, by which the valves may be opened. The springs h, attached to the casing and the thumb-pieces, serve to keep the valves E E closed. The curved slots n u limit the movement of the thumb-pieces, and through them control the valves E. y

From the lower portion of the inner faces of the valves E project studs or pins e e, which serve to stir and loosen up the contents ofthe compartment, so it will run freely.

When it is desired to draw any desired quantity from the receptacle, valve E :is opened` and pipe P lills up. Then valve E is closed and valve D is opened, and the desired amount runs from the pipe. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure ,by Letters Patent, is-

In a measuring-receptacle, a series of compartments and a series of measuring-pipes, l? P, in combination with a series of interior valves, E, provided with springs h and studs t', projecting through slots o, and a series of independent exterior valves, D, provided with springs s and stops d, all constructed and ar ranged as setforth.

ISAAC D. PEOK.

Witnesses:

W'. F. EVANS, L. N. LEwIs. 

